Upcoming Farm Events and General Information Tuesday Farm Lunch All quarter, Tuesdays 12:30 pm –1:20 pm at GUG 218 End of Quarter Pizza Bake June 3, 3 - 6 pm
UW Farm Cob Oven (near Botany Greenhosue) Farm Committee Meetings Education Committee May 30, 4:30 pm – 5:30pm Botany Greenhouse Visioning Committee May 30, 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm Botany Greenhouse Outreach Committee May 31, 3 pm – 4 pm
Botany Greenhouse Bee Committee June 1, 7.30 am – 8.30am Botany Greenhouse _____________ New ways to get farm information! We have a website! (and blog) Facebook Fan Page - become a fan! ___________
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During the academic year, the newsletter will go out weekly on Mondays mornings. ___________ | Trouble viewing this newsletter? View it in the web browser here. UW Farm Updates UW Farmer Blog: Blog Posts this Week Be sure to take a look at our farmer blog! Here is an overview of new stuff this week: - How can we properly educate, when we can't agree on what to teach? (Peter O)
- Food and Justice: What's a Cooperative? (Michelle Venetucci Harvey)
While you're at it, become a fan of our Facebook Fan Page, and follow us on Twitter! Summer on the UW Farm – Opportunities to get involved!
Stuck in Seattle this summer? Good for you! With the sun in its full glory, the Farm will be more alive and bounteous than ever – both in harvest and learning opportunities, both at the Botany Greenhouse space and at the new CUH space! Featuring: - Summer Paid Sustainable Agriculture Internships – Work on the farm, learn about agriculture, and get paid! To learn more about the internship, visit this page. To set up an interview, email Rachel at rachel@uwfarm.org by May 30th (Memorial Day)
- Construction and infrastructure projects – We just broke ground at our new space last Sunday with Seattle Youth Garden Works, and tons need to be built…shed, washing station, compost, oh my!
- Dirty Dozen crew – Digging your hands in the dirt under the warm Seattle sun – life can't get any better.
- Irrigation Team – The sky will be stingy with rain in the summer, and our plants need to be watered.
- Chicken Crew – As usual, take care of our lovely girls, and get free eggs!
- Farm Tours – If you're interested in education and outreach, you can be trained as a tour docent.
Don't let lack of experience daunt you – all farmers start from the scratch. Feel free to drop by for our summer weekly work parties whenever you can. They're casual, beginner-friendly and lots of fun. For more information, visit our page. Drop Rachelan email at rachel@uwfarm.org if you have any questions at all. Cob Oven Pizza Bake Fundraiser and Square Dancing
Friday, June 3rd, 3 pm – 6 pm Yes, it's happening again – our end of quarter pizza bake. Come down for some delicious cob oven-baked pizzas, socializing and delightful square dancing! Come one, come all, bring yourself, and bring your friends! As usual we'll be providing the dough but you're more than welcome to bring some cheese, fruits, vegetables or other creative pizza toppings to share. Suggested donation $5 to support more wonderful UW Farm activities. Bees Committee Field Trip – Purchasing Bee Supplies
Thursday, June 9th at 8:30am (meet at the Greenhouse at 8:15am) Get experience with purchasing bee supplies! If interested, please RSVP with Kat to coordinate rides. Phone: 206-383-7336Email: asselik@uw.edu or beesknees@uw.edu Beekeeping courses (Biology 399 – Biology Internship) Beekeeping will be taught for the Summer term! We need skilled beekeepers to manage the UW Farm hives and we need to address the interest of the public in bees and beekeeping. There will be two sessions, each different, details below. The Instructor for both courses will be Evan Sugden (current office: 118 Johnson Hall). Questions? Email Evan ateasugden@u.washington.edu - Independent Internship – "A" Term (June 20 – July 20)
Tues/Thurs mornings, time may vary1 or 2 credits, Credit/No-Credit, 12 spaces only. Primarily to train UW Farm personnel in hive management. Other students will be allowed to enroll as space permits. Includes hands-on beehive management skills, exercises T/Th mornings or by special arrangement, occasional field trips and some 1-on-1 intern tutoring. For registration, first meet with the instructor to discuss individual curriculum, then sign up directly with Eileen O'Connor (318 Hitchcock).The organizational meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 31st, 7:30 a.m. at the Botany Greenhouse. - Bees, Beekeeping, & Pollination – "B" Term (July 21 – August 19)
Tues/Thurs mornings. Lecture/discussion 8:30-10 am; Hive skills, field trips 10 -11:50 am3 credits, Credit/No-Credit, 12 spaces only. Will be in the form of lectures and informal discussions, demonstrations in classroom, work in apiary or field trips. Texts used include online materials and others TBA. Registration will be online; course schedule here. Organizational meeting may be held in early July; notice will be sent to enrollees.
Want to get more involved? Check out our updated calendar page for work parties, pizza bakes, and committee meetings!
Off Farm Stuff YES! Magazine's 15th Anniversary: an evening with Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, and Bill McKibben
Wednesday, June 1st, 7:00 pm (doors open at 6:30pm, general seating), Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Avenue (at 8th & Seneca. Convention Center, parking is $4 when validated by Town Hall.) Published on Bainbridge Island, YES! Magazine is celebrating its 15th Anniversary with an evening with sustainability and justice visionaries Vandana Shiva, Van Jones, and Bill McKibben. They will speak about opportunities for deep change and our important role as change makers. There will also be a post-program reception in the lobby—with book signing, live music, local drinks, and decadent desserts. Tickets are on sale at Brown Paper Tickets. (Subscribers $15; non-subscribers $25 including a one-year subscription to YES! Magazine) If you can't make it to Town Hall Seattle, you can view the live videostream of the full program here www.yesmagazine.org/celebration For additional information about becoming an event sponsor, or for general questions, email Gretchen Wolf or call 206/842-5009 x201. Follow the buzz on Facebook and Twitter. The 2011 UW Undergraduate Conference on Communication and the Environment
Wednesday, June 1st, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm in the Allen Library Research Commons Join us for a free public conference addressing several key issues in environmental communication. Undergraduate students in Com/Envir 418 will be presenting research we have been doing this quarter on a range of topics, including environmental definitions and demographics, news coverage of the coal industry, green consumer choices, and the power of positive and negative messages. For details about the conference and specific presentations, click here and here.
Please stop by anytime at all, bring friends or colleagues, and feel free to pass note this along. If you have any questions, you can email cjlingle@uw.edu. Intensive Foraging Class
Sunday, June 12th, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, Bastyr University - Kenmore, WA
Brady Ryan, our former UW farm director who teaches short foraging classes at the UW Farm, will be teaching an intensive day long course at Bastyr University on Sunday June 12th. The course will largely take place outside, and will be centered on plant identification, culinary uses of common wild plants of Seattle, good harvesting practices, plant domestication and evolution and much more. The course is available to the general public for $98, and to full-time students for $50. For signing up or more information, visit this page . You can also email Brady.
Community Alliance for Global Justice 5th Annual Strengthening Local Economies Everywhere! Dinner
Saturday, June 11th, 5:00 pm – 9:30 pm at St. Demetrios Church in the Montlake neighborhood of Seattle
Help CAGJ to build community solidarity while also connecting local and global struggles for justice through this fun, engaging and inspiring event. Featuring Happy hour, live music, silent auction, opportunity to meet featured food justice organizations, dinner, dessert.
Tickets cost between $40-75 and for kids, only $10. Buy tickets online. For more information, or to volunteer for the event, please call CAGJ at 206-405-4600 or email them. CoFed - Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive Retreat
June 11th – 17th, Orella Stewardship Institute – Santa Barbara, CA
CoFed is calling for students interested in food sustainability, food sovereignty, and food justice to come to either our West or East Coast retreats this summer. At these retreats, students will connect with other similarly minded students and put energy into developing projects to bring more democracy into their campus food systems. Students will have the opportunity to build skills, network, learn how to launch or expand a student food co-op, develop own projects, work on professional development, eat sustainable food, and enjoy a beautiful natural setting. For more information about CoFed and the retreat see this page. For the application and scholarships available, visit this link. Food Sovereignty Tour to Bolivia, France or Mexico with Food First & Global Exchange
Food First has been traveling the world for 35 years, working with international allies to end the injustices that cause hunger. Food Sovereignty Tours facilitate life-changing cultural exchanges with farmers, activists, policymakers, and consumers fighting for justice, democracy and sustainability in the food system. - Bolivia: Food Sovereignty & Climate Change – August 6 - 21, 2011 (Registration closes June 10th)
Gain rare access to rural communities, local NGOs, producers' associations and social movements working for food and climate justice in Bolivia, and visit some of the most spectacular landscapes in South America.
- France: Food Sovereignty & Artisan Production – September 15 - 25, 2011
This tour of central France—Loire Valley and Auvergne regions—will connect you to French rural life and to the energetic French movement for food sovereignty.
- Mexico: Conserving Oaxaca's Food & Agriculture Heritage – December 20 - 27, 2011
Experience the food culture, Christmas, and the "Night of the Radishes". Learn about the threats to rural livelihoods and how peasant organizations are working to strengthen local food systems.
For more information about Food Sovereignty Tours, visit www.foodsovereigntytours.org or contact Tanya at tkerssen@foodfirst.org or by phone (510) 654-4400 ext. 223
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